Discussion · Oral Questions
Maxime Blanchette-Joncas Bloc Québécois
“The government spent $300 million on a medical software that nobody uses, and now they are dropping it. Liberal members blocked a vote to have the health minister explain this to our committee. I want the minister to come answer our questions.”
“Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are again taking advantage of their new majority, which they engineered by enticing floor crossers. This time, they are silencing the opposition with respect to PrescribeIT, a software designed to interfere with health care and prescribe medication. After wasting $300 million on it, the Liberals are abandoning it because nobody is using it. Yesterday, in committee, I moved a motion calling on the Minister of Health to appear and explain this fiasco. The Liberals used their majority to prevent us from putting it to a vote. Will the minister explain herself before the committee and denounce the censorship—”
Official Hansard
Mr. Speaker, the Liberals are again taking advantage of their new majority, which they engineered by enticing floor crossers. This time, they are silencing the opposition with respect to PrescribeIT, a software designed to interfere with health care and prescribe medication. After wasting $300 million on it, the Liberals are abandoning it because nobody is using it. Yesterday, in committee, I moved a motion calling on the Minister of Health to appear and explain this fiasco. The Liberals used their majority to prevent us from putting it to a vote. Will the minister explain herself before the committee and denounce the censorship—